Papers of James Howard Means, 1893-1966 (bulk).

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Papers of James Howard Means, 1893-1966 (bulk).

Contains mostly personal papers, including school notebooks and college papers, 1893-1907; diary of his European trip in 1899 and photos of a trip to Canada; scrapbook about Means' books, with letters, photographs, clippings, and other items; World War I documents such as reports, correspondence, and orders; and autobiographical and biographical material. Also includes some personal and professional correspondence with his colleague Chester M. Jones among others; Harvard Medical School Curriculum Committee minutes, reports, and correspondence; manuscripts of lectures given at Lowell Institute and other places; and research notes on the history of the Association of American Physicians.

3 boxes.

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Harvard Medical School. Curriculum Committee.

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Means, James Howard, 1885-1967

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Means (Harvard, M.D. 1911) was Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard from 1932 to 1951, acting dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1946, and chief of medical services at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1924 to 1951. He established the first thyroid clinic in Boston in 1920 and introduced the use of radioactive iodine as a valuable diagnostic aid in the treatment of thyroid disorders in 1941. Means resigned from the American Medical Association in 1951 because he felt its attitude ...

Association of American Physicians

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Jones, Chester Morse, 1891-1975.

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Harvard Medical School.

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